Custom Map: Nice Job 25: The Developer

[UpperKEES]

Wow ! I just finished the map, a grueling one and a half hour of tension. My laptop started lagging heavily when attacking phase 3. I also made a few important mistakes during phase 6 - was getting tired :) - and needed 3 tries to beat this phase.

Yep, sector 3 is probably the hardest after phase 1, because you still lack enough space, which should be different after sector 4.

This is really a terrific map ! Pretty hard and very different.
Phase 1 is indeed the most difficult. I finally got it when I understood there was no real time pressure overall and that the first sector needed to be held strongly before moving forward. Specializing the drone to protect the pods was an important hint : you have to use blasters only to move forward sector to sector.

Thanks for this map :)

Thank you as well. I hope you understand why I didn't want to give too many clues at once, because it is so much more satisfying to figure it out yourself.

UpperKEES has given quite a few subtle and direct hints to help those who are struggling... You only have one or maybe two seconds of leeway to save OC, so the timing is very tight.

He said
"Well, you do need [blasters] soon. I think I create my second blaster after my third collector."

It was very satisfying to figure this out without the hints. I also did not hover over any of the walls. Good luck ;D

I think I've indeed given enough hints for everyone to be able to finish this map, even for less experienced players. They will just take a bit longer....

[MuadDib]

Well I tried playing the map on a much faster computer, but I cant finish it. No lag up until attacking phase 5, but when this phase is done I cant control anything anymore, not even pause. The game continues to play but I have no more access. One of the 4 CPUs is running at max speed while the 3 others watch him without breaking a sweat.

I thought at first that was because I had been playing the map now and then over a day, and perhaps there was a memory leak : the game was using close to 300Mo. But playing it at once had the same results, and same memory consumption.

[UpperKEES]

This sounds like the Adobe AIR problem again. Did you update AIR recently by any chance? If so, see here. You should use version 1.5.3., because version 2.0.2 will slow down you computer a lot. In the mentioned topic you'll find a link to downgrade back to version 1.5.3.

[thepenguin]

WOW!!

I couldn't even beat the first stage

just adding a few files here.

[thepenguin]

Well I tried playing the map on a much faster computer, but I cant finish it. No lag up until attacking phase 5, but when this phase is done I cant control anything anymore, not even pause. The game continues to play but I have no more access. One of the 4 CPUs is running at max speed while the 3 others watch him without breaking a sweat.

I thought at first that was because I had been playing the map now and then over a day, and perhaps there was a memory leak : the game was using close to 300Mo. But playing it at once had the same results, and same memory consumption.

sounds like you should set it to run on all cpus

[UpperKEES]

WOW!!

I couldn't even beat the first stage

If you read all comments you'll get enough tips to finish the first stage.

sounds like you should set it to run on all cpus

Your operating system determines the load on each CPU. I'm sure the delays had to do with the version of Adobe AIR (see above).

[thepenguin]

Your operating system determines the load on each CPU. I'm sure the delays had to do with the version of Adobe AIR (see above).

actually, no

on winxp you can change which cpus it uses in task manager

[UpperKEES]

actually, no

on winxp you can change which cpus it uses in task manager

Yeah, same for Vista, but the default will be to use all, just like the priority of a user process will be set to 'normal' by default. Some processes can be split into separate CPU tasks and some can't, so I would leave that up to the operating system and not tamper with it.

Edit:

This sounds like the Adobe AIR problem again. Did you update AIR recently by any chance? If so, see here. You should use version 1.5.3., because version 2.0.2 will slow down you computer a lot. In the mentioned topic you'll find a link to downgrade back to version 1.5.3.

The new update of Adobe AIR is available now and should resolve all lag problems, so I recommend anyone to update to this version (2.0.3), see here.

[DarthVader12]

still very hard for me

[UpperKEES]

still very hard for me

So where are you getting stuck?

[DethbyIT]

Just starting this one and I think you saved (one of) the best for last.
I keep losing the pods, but I think that is just a problem with 'where' I am targeting it to hit.

I'll keep playing with it and hope I don't need any more hints.

BTW - playing with WIN7-32bit, i5, 4GB RAM, newest Air and NO lag so far.

Good stuff!

[UpperKEES]

Ah, so you managed to get the drone; that's important.

Spoiler

I'd aim for the center and don't wait too long with your next bombing run.

[close]

This is indeed one of the harder maps, but you've proven over the past 2 weeks that you're ready for it!

[DethbyIT]

Tougher than I thought.
Cleared the first one OK - drone running/bombing 5th one.
Started clearing the second, when the wall collapses from 6 to 1, and it's game over.

Tried using the drone on both 5 and 6, but then the pods die.

Pondering this one.
:)

[UpperKEES]

I think you can find the solution to this when you read back previous comments.

I hope you don't mind that I leave you thinking about this a little more for now....

[DethbyIT]

I hope you don't mind that I leave you thinking about this a little more for now....

I agree - and I find that taking a break and coming back to a tough one can make a good difference.